-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two bodies found this week in Oklahoma are those of a murder suspect and his slain wife 's missing 7-year-old daughter , authorities said Wednesday .

The bodies have been identified as Lester William Hobbs , 46 , and Aja Daniell Johnson , authorities said at a Wednesday news conference .

The cause and manner of death are still under investigation .

Authorities had been searching for Hobbs and the girl since late January , when Aja 's mother , Tonya -- Hobbs ' estranged wife -- was found dead inside an RV in Geronimo , Oklahoma .

On January 26 , two days after the body was found , Hobbs was charged with first-degree murder in the killing , and with kidnapping in Aja 's disappearance , according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation .

Authorities launched a manhunt for Hobbs , saying that he took the girl in a white 1992 Toyota Paseo .

On Monday , the two bodies and the car were discovered in a heavily wooded area of Norman , which is outside Oklahoma City , said Jessica Brown , spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation . The city is about 80 miles north of Geronimo .

The car had been left in the woods for several weeks , possibly a month , Brown said .

Cherokee Ballard , a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma state medical examiner 's office , said Wednesday that the office used fingerprints to identify Hobbs and dental records to identify Aja .

Richard Goss , an agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation , said authorities would be investigating whether anyone had harbored Hobbs .

The girl 's biological father was awarded emergency custody of her in November , according to Oklahoma County District Court documents obtained by CNN affiliate KWTV of Oklahoma City .

At a hearing , Tonya Hobbs -- identified as Tonya Dunkin in the documents -- and the girl 's father , John Johnson , agreed that she would have supervised visitation with the girl and that she would keep the child away from Hobbs , the documents said .

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Bodies of Aja Daniell Johnson , 7 , and man suspected of killing her mother are identified

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Aja 's mother , Tonya Hobbs , was found dead in late January

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Her estranged husband was suspected in her killing and Aja 's disappearance

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Court had awarded emergency custody of Aja to her biological father in November